Red Cross Helps Allegheny County Libraries Prepare Patrons for Flu Season
PITTSBURGH – With extensive reference materials, computers and class offerings, Allegheny County libraries provide a wealth of information to the community. Amid flu season, however, the America
PITTSBURGH – The holidays are a time for excitement, celebration and laughter. With this holiday season quickly approaching, people throughout the region are decorating homes; while the American
Red Cross Urges Local Residents to Use Fire Alarms
PITTSBURGH - The American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter wants you to be safe and ready in the case of a fire. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) release
February 10, 2005 Give a Valentine’s Day Gift for the Heart: Learn How to Save a Life through the American Red Cross
Give a Valentine’s Day Gift for the Heart: Learn How to Save a Life through the American Red Cross
PITTSBURGH, PA – Would you know what to do if a loved one or co-worker were to suffer a heart attack? Sudden cardiac arrests can occur without warning in the home, place of work, or other public locations. American Red Cross CPR training can provide the knowledge of how to respond to an emergency and how you could help save a life.
Victims of a sudden cardiac arrest usually need an electric shock called defibrillation to restore the heart to a regular rhythm. Chance of survival decreases by 10% each minute defibrillation is delayed. Automated external defibrillators (AED) could save as many as 50,000 of the 220,000 lives lost each year to sudden cardiac arrest.
The American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter offers AED training in its CPR courses. This Valentine's Day, learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones by enrolling in a CPR/AED class with your family, friends or co-workers or give the gift of a class to someone else. As AEDs become more readily available to the public in the workplace, malls, airplanes and hotels, the American Red Cross is urging people to learn how to operate these devices.
American Red Cross First Aid, CPR and AED programs are designed to give you the confidence to respond in an emergency with lifesaving skills. Programs are available for any age and can be tailored to the needs of specific groups and individuals. The American Red Cross trains individuals in adult CPR/AED to provide care for victims of sudden cardiac arrest. Using AED equipment, the courses feature hands-on simulation, lecture, and live and video demonstrations. The CPR/AED course is also included in courses covering infant and child CPR as well as standard First Aid practices.
For more information about the courses available contact the American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter at 1-888-217-9599 or visit swpa.redcross.org.
The American Red Cross of Southwestern Pennsylvania serves over 1.6 million people in Allegheny, Washington, Greene and Fayette counties. Locally, the Red Cross provides relief to the victims of more than 300 disasters each year, facilitates more than 2,600 emergency messages between our deployed men and women in uniform and their loved ones here at home, as well as trains more than 50,000 individuals in vital lifesaving skills. The American Red Cross in Southwestern Pennsylvania is honored to support two senior volunteer programs, The Foster Grandparent Program and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, as well as the Homeless Prevention Services of Washington County. The American Red Cross is not a government agency, nor does it receive funding from its national headquarters except during times of large-scale disasters. It is only through the generosity of the people of southwestern Pennsylvania that the local Red Cross is able fulfill its mission to help people prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and other lifesaving emergencies. To make a donation of time or treasure, contact the American Red Cross of Southwestern Pennsylvania by phone at 1-888-217-9599, by mail at 225 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 or online at swpa.redcross.org.
February 10, 2005 Disaster Preparedness Training Weekend Feb. 18-20 American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter and CCAC Public Safety Institute Offer Courses for Volunteers
Disaster Preparedness Training Weekend Feb. 18-20
American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter and CCAC Public Safety Institute Offer Courses for Volunteers
WHO: The Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) Public Safety Institute and the American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter have teamed up to offer disaster training courses to volunteers interested in opportunities to respond to both local and national disasters. To be eligible to join the Red Cross Disaster Action Team (DAT) and respond to local disasters such as flooding, fires or chemical explosions or national disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires, volunteers must complete the five courses offered during the weekend.
WHAT: The following courses will be offered at the training weekend:
• Introduction to Disaster Services, Friday, 2/18, 6-9 p.m.
• Family Services, Saturday, 2/19, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Mass Care: An Overview, Sunday, 2/20, 9 a.m. to noon
• Shelter Operations, Sunday, 2/20, 1-3 p.m.
• Damage Assessment I, Sunday, 2/20, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Registration: 412-237-2500 or www.ccac.edu (link to non-credit courses)
Fees: $2 per class – check, money order, credit card, cash-payable: to CCAC
WHERE: CCAC – Allegheny Campus – 808 Ridge Avenue, Pittsburgh, (Northside) Library Bldg. Rm 120. Free Parking is available in the lot behind the Library Building.
HOW: This comprehensive training prepares the individuals to understand and implement the Red Cross response to disasters. If interested in attending, call CCAC at 412-237-2500 to receive an enrollment form or visit www.ccac.edu. Seating is limited, and registration is required.
